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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Molecular Biology.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It is mentioned in Chapter 7 that in hindsight, most historians would say that the molecular revolution began at what time?
(a) The late 1920's.
(b) The early 1930's.
(c) The early 1950's.
(d) The early 1940's.

2. Chromosomes became shorter and thicker during the first stage of what?
(a) Meiosis.
(b) Metaphase.
(c) Mitosis.
(d) Division prophase.

3. In Chapter 9, Evelyn Keller quotes Einstein. He said, "To these elementary laws there leads no logical path, but only" what?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Experience.
(c) Discovery.
(d) Intuition.

4. Who said, "For us, neither the chemical code, nor the linkage map of the chromosome, nor the genes embodied in it, are enough"?
(a) L.C. Dunn.
(b) C.D. Darlington.
(c) Barbara McClintock.
(d) James Stilworth.

5. In Chapter 7, Esther Parker had bought a farm that was located how many miles north of Ithaca?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Forty-five.
(d) Thirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years later was it when Barbara made her second presentation at the Cold Spring Harbor Symposium?

2. What did Barbara McClintock receive her PhD in?

3. What was the name of Edward Tatum and George Beadle's hypothesis?

4. In what year did Lewis Stadler die?

5. What year did Barbara McClintock graduate from Cornell?

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